"In keeping with the CNRS's strategic technology transfer mission, the Innovation Medal rewards researchers who have successfully completed technology transfer," explains Jean-Luc Moullet, CNRS Deputy CEO for Innovation.

The discovery of new materials is vital to meeting societal challenges relating to energy, transportation, the energy transition, the digital transition, and health. These materials, however, are growing increasingly complex.

The quantity of data stored worldwide is estimated to increase to 175 zettabytes 2 by 2025. If we were to store this data on Blu-ray discs, it would require 23 stacks from the Earth and the Moon. The growing quantity of data is exceeding storage capacity, requiring alternative storage solutions that are both durable and consume little energy, given that some data centres have a carbon footprint equal to that of an entire city.

Are women who have twins more fertile? According to a detailed analysis of more than 100,000 births to women born between 1700 and 1899, published on 24 May 2022 in Nature Communications , involving a CNRS researcher 1 , the answer is no.

Half of childhood cancers arise during the development of the human embryo, which greatly complicates research into these diseases.

With electric cars, smartphones and laptop computers, the need for portable energy storage devices never ceases to increase.

The positioning of the CNRS in Canada is based on a network of strong and coordinated cooperation with institutional and university actors on the federal level. Canada is a major partner for the CNRS: with over 2,400 scientific articles published each year, it is the 4th country in co-publications apart from the EU, after the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.

The 2022 Paname initiative 1 aims to better understand the causes and effects of climate change in urban environments through intensive measurement campaigns planned for the Paris region this summer.

This year the CNRS has decided to feature at Vivatech those technologies that meet the challenges of the future in the fields of health, sustainability, and digital technology, especially through the 12 companies presented at its stand, all of which grew out of basic research results.

Vinyl polymers, commonly referred to as "plastics," are ubiquitous materials. They are extremely interesting for their ease of synthesis and their great diversity in terms of architecture and functionality.

Diversifying the species in forest plantations has a positive impact on the quality of woodlands. This is the result of an international study, involving a CNRS researcher 1 , published on May 20, 2022, in the journal Science .

Parts that resist longer, processes that are both more economical and environmentally friendly, these are some of the key issues in metallurgy across all sectors of its application, especially with regard to aluminium products for automobiles, packaging, and aeronautics, for which the Constellium industrial group is a leading global supplier.

For the past thirty years, the star - Pictoris has fascinated astronomers because it enables them to observe a planetary system in the process of formation.

How do I store more, and better? This summarizes the challenge of transporting flammable gases. To ensure industrial safety, these gases must be handled at defined temperature and pressure conditions that do not allow for optimal storage and release cycles.